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G. S. CROSBY.

HORSE COLLAR.

No. 452,564. Patented May 19, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE S. CROSBY, OF BUFFALO, NElV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO PRATT &LETOHYVORTH, OF SAME PLACE.

HORSE-COLLAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 452,564, dated May19,1891.

Application filed June 9, 1890. Serial No. 354,792. (No model.)

To all w/tom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE S. CROSBY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Horse-Collars, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvementin horse-collars, and has foritsobject to provide the collar with an attachment whereby the hames aresecurely held in place upon the collar and prevented from being drawnover the roll of the collar by the forward pull or draft on the hames inbacking a heavy load; also, to provide the collar with a guard or plateto receive the wear of the hame and the tug-clip and protect the face ofthe collar.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of one of thesections of a divided horse-collar provided with my improved attachment.Fig. 2 is a front view of the attachment removed from the collar. Fig. 3is a horizontal section, on an enlarged scale, in line as w, Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section in line y y, Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is avertical section taken between the body and roll of the collar in line.2 a, Fig. 3, showing the manner of securing the attachment to the same.

Like letters of reference refer to like parts in the several figures.

A represents the padded body of the collar, B the roll thereof, and 0one of the hames seated between the body and roll in the usual manner,the upper and lower ends .of the hames being connected together by thecustomary hame-straps, which are not shown in the drawings.

d is the draft-staple to which the tug-clip D is attached, and E is thebreast-strap ring.

My improved attachment consists of a plate F, secured in the cavityformed between the roll and body of the collar and having anoutwardly-extending lip or hook g, which clasps or embraces the outerfront face of the hame, and an inwardlyextending lip or tongue h, whichrests against the outer side of the roll and is curved to conform to theshape of the latter. The outwardly-extending lip g resists the forwardmovement of the hame under the forward pull applied to the same inbacking the load, while the lip h, bearing against the roll of thecollar, stiffens and braces the hame-clasping lip and enables the sameto effectually withstand the strains to which it is subjected. The lipsg and h are connectedby are-enforcing rib or web 2'.

The lip g is preferably formed with a notch or recess g for receivingthe shank of the staple e of the breast-strap ring.

H represents a guard or protector plate secured to the plate F andresting against the outer face of the collar and extending preferably tothe outer edge thereof. This guard receives the wear of the hame andalso the wear of the tug-clip, which latter bears against the guard, andthereby protects the collar from wear by the chafing of the clip.

The two lips hg and the plate F are formed in onepiece, and preferablyconstructed of malleable cast-iron, and the guard H is preferablyconstructed of sheet steel or brass and secured to the plate F byrivets, as shown in Figs. 2 and at.

As represented in Fig. 5, the attachment is secured between the roll andbody of the collar by a staple j, the legs of which pass from the innerside of the collar outwardly through openings in theleather and throughopenings or recesses 7c, formed in the plate F, the ends of thestaple-legs being clinched or bent inwardly toward each other tosecurely fasten the staple in place. The plate F is preferably providedwith a central opening or recess Z, having inclined or beveled sides,and the ends of the staple j are bent inwardly and rest against theinclined sides of the recess, as shown in Fig. 5.

The attachment is permanently secured to the collar, and the hames areplaced under the projecting lips gon opposite sides of the collar andthen drawninto place by the hamestraps.

My improved horse-collar attachment is inexpensive and is readilyapplied to the collar, and effectually prevents the hames'from beingstripped or pulled over the roll of the collar by a forward draft orpull on the hames.

I claim as my invention 1. The combination, with a horse-collar, of

the collar and provided with an outwardlybent lip adapted to embrace theouter face of a harnc, an inwardly-bent tongue bearing against the rollof the collar, and a brace 0r re-enforeing strip arranged between thelip and tongue, substantially as set forth.

\Vitness my hand this 10th day of May, 1890.

GEO. S. CROSBY.

Witnesses:

EDWARD W. KERR, W. C. HoUoK.

